Thomas Jefferson, rightly or wrongly credited with first bringing pasta to the tables of Americans, drew a picture of a pasta-making machine. This drawing, now in the Library of Congress, resulted from a trip to Italy taken by Jefferson in 1787.

Don’t forget that “macaroni” served as a generic name for pasta and doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re talking about elbow macaroni …

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It’s remarkable the talents Thomas Jefferson had
accomplished. Very few men throughout history have done what Jefferson did. Felix O. Shalag (Our Designer of the Jefferson Nickel) was so inspired reading the history about this Great-Statesman, he worked diligently, to achieve the “Winning-Design) of the US Nickel in our coinage,(that is still current today!) During this difficult time of uncertainty, “We The People” can only hope to find a man that can fill the shoes of Thomas Jefferson.